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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. NASA’s proposed 2013 budget cut in House action to its lowest level in four years. Utah-based ATK unveils a commercial space transportation plan called Liberty for orbital human, cargo and satellite missions. Europe’s Enviasat Earth observing spacecraft lost. Space enters the billionaire age. Sierra Nevada unveils a test flight plan. Russia opens a door for cooperation with the U.S. and Europe in the exploration of Mars. Solar power finds a U. S. commercial niche. Europe completes work on a key component for the James Webb Space Telescope.

1. From Space News: The House cuts NASA’s proposed 2013 budget to $17.447 billion, by voting to transfer $126 million in cross agency support to a Justice Department community policing program. The losses to NASA include field center funding for cyber security, medical support for astronauts and flight safety. The White House has already signaled a veto of the measure over other issues. The president proposed $17.71 billion for the coming year.
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/120509-nasa-budget-takes-hit.html

2. From MSNBC: ATK, of Utah, unveils plans for a commercial crew transportation system orbit based on its Liberty rocket design and a composite crew capsule. The spacecraft could be ready for low Earth orbit missions in three years, according to Liberty program manager Kent Rominger, the former astronaut. The proposal debuted at the Space Craft Technology Expo in Los Angeles. ATK’s partners include Astrium of Europe and Lockheed Martin. Markets include NASA missions to the International Space Station, space tourism and foreign space programs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47363362/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.T6sZdNWQlrY

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